Planet Drum

Infobox Album
Name = Planet Drum
Type = studio
Artist = Mickey Hart


Released = 1991
Recorded =
Genre = World music
Length = 50:01
Label = Rykodisc
Producer = Mickey Hart
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://wc08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0ifoxqqgldde Link]
Last album = "At the Edge"
(1990)
This album = "Planet Drum"
(1991)
Next album = "The Apocalypse Now Sessions"
(1991)

"Planet Drum" is a world music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead.

Hart's concept for "Planet Drum" was to play drum music with percussionists from around the world, and incorporate their different musical styles and traditions into a new global sound. The musicians on the "Planet Drum" album were from the United States (Hart), India (Zakir Hussain and T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram), Nigeria (Sikiru Adepoju and Babatunde Olatunji), Brazil (Airto Moreira and his wife, vocalist Flora Purim), and Puerto Rico (Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colón).

"Planet Drum" won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album of 1991, the first year for which the award was given. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3D91438F934A15751C0A964958260 "The Grammy Winners", "New York Times", February 27, 1992] ]

Planet Drum, the band

Since "Planet Drum" was released, Mickey Hart has sometimes toured with many of the same musicians who played on the album, performing live concerts. This ensemble is also called Planet Drum. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mickeyhart/articles/story/5920683/mickey_harts_planet_drum_and_olu_dara St. Leger, Marie Elsie. "Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and Olu Dara", "Rolling Stone", October 28, 1998] ] [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mickeyhart/articles/story/5923128/mickey_hart_lives_to_the_beat_of_a_different_drum Dansby, Andrew. "Mickey Hart Lives to the Beat of a Different Drum", "Rolling Stone", November 18, 1999] ] [ [http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=9136 Foster-Patton, Kathy. "Mickey Hart's Planet Drum Returns", JamBase, September 20, 2006] ] [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/09/27/derk.DTL Richardson, Derk. "Mickey Hart reunites landmark world musicians for 'Global Drum Project'", "San Francisco Chronicle", September 27, 2007] ]

Planet Drum, the book

Hart also wrote a book called "Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm", co-written by Fredric Lieberman and D.A. Sonneborn. The book explores the role of drumming in the musical, cultural, and spiritual traditions of different cultures. It was first published in 1991, the same year that the "Planet Drum" album was released, and has the same cover illustration by Nancy Nimoy.

Track listing

#"Udu Chant" (Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira) – 3:40
#"Island Groove" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:43
#"Light Over Shadow" (Moreira, Olatunji, Flora Purim) – 3:51
#"Dance of the Hunter's Fire" (Adepoju, Moreira, Olatunji, Purim, T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram) – 2:59
#"Jewe (You are the One)" (Olatunji) – 4:06
#"The Hunt" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Vinayakram) – 3:51
#"Temple Caves" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji) – 3:13
#"The Dancing Sorcerer" (Hussain, Moreira) – 2:57
#"Bones" (Hart, Hussain, Olatunji, Purim) – 4:10
#"Lost River" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Purim) – 2:58
#"Evening Samba" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Vinayakram) – 4:30
#"Iyanu (Surprises)" (Olatunji) – 2:02
#"Mysterious Island" (Hart, Moreira, Purim, Jeff Sterling) – 5:49

Personnel

Musicians

*Sikiru Adepoju
*Molonga Casquelord
*Frank Colón
*Mickey Hart
*Giovanni Hidalgo
*Zakir Hussain
*Bruce Langhorne
*Airto Moreira
*Caryl Ohrbach
*Babatunde Olatunji
*Flora Purim
*Gordy Ryan
*Jeff Sterling
*T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram

Production

*Producer – Mickey Hart
*Co-producers – Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram
*Recording and mixdown engineers – Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling
*Production manager – Howard Cohen
*Equipment managers – Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff
*Technical support – Jack Crymes
*Digital mastering – Paul Stubblebine
*Cover illustration – Nancy Nimoy

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mickeyhart.net/ Mickey Hart official web site]
* [http://planetdrummusic.com/ Planet Drum official web site]